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HAWLEY — A patient was treated for smoke inhalation out of an “abundance of caution,” after a shed attached to a home on West Hawley Road caught fire Monday morning, according to Hawley Fire Lt. Hussain Hamdan.

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WHATELY — A 53-year-old man from Chicopee was injured after he lost control of his 2021 GMC Canyon truck traveling southbound on Interstate 91 Friday evening, according to State Police.

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GREENFIELD — The Planning Board discussed potentially drafting guidelines regulating street-facing, ground-floor cannabis dispensaries on Thursday, with some members asserting that the state’s mandate that cannabis businesses have opaque or obscured windows makes their presence a form of “blight” on downtown Greenfield.

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TURNERS FALLS — The portion of Avenue A between Third and Fourth streets was closed Friday afternoon as firefighters worked to control a gas leak that was reported in the basement of The Upper Bend cafe.

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GREENFIELD — The Cannabis Control Commission (CCC), the state’s regulatory body for marijuana products, said it will continue to raise its standards for testing after cannabis contaminated with mold and mildew was reported in more than 20 dispensaries, including those in Greenfield, Montague, Northampton and Easthampton.

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GREENFIELD — After Massachusetts voters opted to toss out the MCAS test as a graduation requirement during the November election, the Greenfield School Committee voted Wednesday to set its graduation requirement benchmark at a D- grade for core high school classes.

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GREENFIELD — Syd St. John, a Highland Avenue resident with a knack for agriculture, plans to grow and sell roughly an acre of flowers on their land this spring and summer — a plan that St. John said will not require a special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals as long as they can earn more than $1,000 per acre of farmed land.

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KEENE, N.H. — Two defendants were held without bail Wednesday afternoon on a variety of charges, including human trafficking, in connection with the death of Justina Steffy, the 31-year-old New Hampshire woman whose body was found in Warwick in October after she went missing weeks earlier.

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WARWICK — Police in Keene, New Hampshire, have arrested two individuals on a variety of charges, including human trafficking, in connection with the death of Justina Steffy, the 31-year-old New Hampshire woman whose body was found in Warwick in October after she went missing weeks earlier.

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WENDELL — No injuries were reported after a freight train carrying merchandise derailed in Wendell Tuesday afternoon, knocking 15 railroad cars off the track, according to Wendell Fire Chief Joe Cuneo.

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GREENFIELD — Franklin County Superior Court Judge Tracy Duncan sentenced a Turners Falls man to five to seven years in state prison on Tuesday for three armed robberies committed at a Turners Falls convenience store where he had formerly worked.

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GREENFIELD — Family members, friends and colleagues gathered in Greenfield Community College’s Cohn Family Dining Commons Monday night to mourn the loss of change-maker, activist and beloved community member La Wanza Lett-Brewington.

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GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College opened four new associate degree majors this academic year, allowing students to enroll in programs such as environmental conservation and human services.

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GREENFIELD — As the city’s Main Street redevelopment project is expected to bring sweeping changes to the Central Commercial District, the Greenfield Business Association is creating a Property Owners and Landlords Cohort to garner feedback on how downtown development impacts local property owners.

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GREENFIELD — Months after former Deputy Police Chief William Gordon’s retirement in November, Chief Todd Dodge has selected Lt. Christopher Greene, who has served in the department for more than 30 years, as its next deputy chief.

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Of the festivities available for folks who attended the 103rd annual Winter Carnival, few, if any, turn heads like the series of ice sculptures displayed along Main Street during the carnival’s opening night. 

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BOSTON — The Massachusetts Appeals Court has upheld a 2022 Hampshire County Superior Court ruling that found former Police Chief Robert Haigh Jr. and the Police Department racially discriminated against former Officer Patrick Buchanan.

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GREENFIELD — Roughly two years since a change in state Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) seed regulations prompted Daniel Rosen to close his 51 Davis St. cannabis seed bank, the entrepreneur is back in business in the same location as a licensed massage therapist.

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WARWICK — The cause of death for Justina Steffy, the 31-year-old woman whose remains were found in Warwick in October, has been deemed homicide.

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GREENFIELD — Four years after it opened its first location, Bridge Primary has moved to a new primary care clinic at 55 Federal St.